Sounding wheeled toy



June 1936- H. T. KINGSBURY 2,045,032

SOUNDING WHEELED TOY Filed Jan. 25, 1955 Patented June 23, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in sounding toys, and more particularly to a sounding Wheeled toy having handle means by which it may be moved about.

An object of the invention is to provide a wheeled toy having a handle for moving the toy about and a siren which is operated by the rotation of the wheels.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wheeled toy, of the type referred to, wherein novel means are provided for attaching the handle to the toy.

The invention still further aims to provide an improved wheeled toy, of the type referred to, wherein the details of construction and arrangement of parts are extremely simple whereby the manufacturing costs are reduced to a minimum.

The above and other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the assembled y;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the body portion of the toy and the handle secured thereto;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the toy showing the manner in which the handle is secured thereto, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view with a part of the body removed showing the siren and its operating mechanism.

One form of the invention will now be described in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawing for purposes of illustra- 0 tion. As shown, the body portion of the vehicle consists of a hollow member it which is provided with outwardly extending tongues l I, I la at each side thereof. The open ends of the member I!) are closed by side plates [2, I211 which are provided with spaced flanges I3, I31; overlying the edges of the member Ill. The tongues I I, lla on the member H! are spaced so as to extend between the spaced flanges on the end plates I2, IZa, respectively. The tongues are then bent over to hold the plates l2, [2a in position on the member Ill.

The side plates l2, I2a are provided with registering openings through which the axle I5 extends. The axle supports wheels on which the toy is supported. The side plates are provided with additional registering openings at the opposite ends thereof through which extends a supporting pin IS. A U-shaped frame I! is supported within the member It. The axle I5 extends through openings in the arms Ila of the frame or bracket I! at one end thereof and the pin it extends through openings in the bracket arms Ha at the opposite end thereof, and in this manner the said bracket is supported by the side plates l2, l2a within the housing member Il Supported between the bracket arms Ha is a pin 5 it on which is mounted a siren device E9 of usual construction. The pin l8 carries a bevel gear 23 which meshes with a relatively large gear 2| carried by a pin 22 also supported on the bracket li. This pin 22 carries a smaller gear 23 which meshes with a large driving gear 24 on the axle I5. In this manner, the rotation of the wheels causes the rotation of the siren mechanism at a greatly increased speed through the above described gear mechanism.

vThe side plates l2, l2a are each provided with an outwardly extending portion 25, 25a, respectively. Each of the portions 25, 25a, is provided with a notch 25, 26a. A foldable handle device 21 is adapted to be removably secured to the toy whereby it may be moved about. The handle device 21 includes a U-shaped wire portion having legs 28, 28a, and a handle member 29 which is pivotally mounted on the closed end of said U-shaped wire member. The free ends 39, 30a of the legs 28, 28a, respectively, are adapted to fit in openings in the side plates l2, l2a, respectively, when the handle device is to be secured in position, and the legs 23, 28a are pressed into the notches 26, 26a, respectively. A locking lever 3|, which is pivotally mounted on the housing member I0, is provided with hooked ends 32, 32a. This lever 3! is then turned to the position shown in Fig. 3, so that the hooked ends thereof hold the legs of the wire member in the notches firmly. 35 The handle portion 29 of the handle device is held in extended position by a notched plate 33 which is clearly shown in the patent granted to Harry T. Kingsbury on August 7, 1934, No. 1,969,- 407.

Thus it is seen that, as the toy is moved about a supporting surface by the handle device 2?, the rotation of the wheels will cause a rotation of the siren device I9 through the described gear train so that the siren will be sounded. To remove the handle device from the toy for shipping or other purposes, it is only necessary to turn the lever 3| in order to release the legs 23, 28a from the notches 26, 26a so that the ends 30 36a may be released from the side plates l2, I211. The handle portion 29 may then be turned about the closed end of the wire member as a pivot so that a minimum amount of space is occupied.

It is to be clearly understood that the present invention may be used with any type of toy, that is, the sounding device may be mounted on a toy vehicle, such as a fire engine or the like, and the handle device may be connected thereto in the manner described. Thus it will be seen that various changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a toy vehicle, a hollow body, wheels supporting said body, a handle device connected to said body whereby the vehicle may be moved about, a supporting frame, means for mounting said frame within said hollow body, a siren carried by said frame, and means including a train of gears carried by said frame for actuating said siren upon the rotation of said wheels, said siren and said gears having their axes disposed horizontally whereby to occupy a minimum of space within said body.

2. In a toy vehicle, a housing, wheels support- 5 ing said housing, a handle device whereby the vehicle may be moved about, means for removably connecting said handle device to the sides of said housing, a bracket Within said housing, means including a horizontal pin extending through ;said bracket and into the sides of said housing for supporting said bracket, a siren carried by said bracket, and means including a train of gears carried by said bracket for actuating said siren upon the rotation of said wheels.

3. In a toy vehicle having wheels for supporting the same, a siren supported by said vehicle, means for actuating said siren upon the rotation of said wheels, a handle device for moving the vehicle about, and means for removably securing .said handle device to said vehicle, said means ineluding a locking lever pivotally mounted on said vehicle and engageable with said handle device for securely holding the same in position.

4. In a toy vehicle having wheels supporting the same, a siren carried by said vehicle, means for actuating said siren, upon the rotation of said wheels, a handle device including a U-shaped Wire member, and means for removably' connecting said handle device to said vehicle, said means including a locking lever pivotally mounted on said vehicle and engageable with the leg portions of said wire member.

5. In a toy vehicle, a body, wheels supporting the body, a siren carried by the body, means for actuating said siren upon the rotation of said wheels, notched projections on said body, a handle device including a U-shaped wire member, the leg portions of said wire member fitting within said notched projections, and means including a pivoted lever for engaging said leg portions and holding the same in said notched projections whereby to firmly secure said handle device to said vehicle.

6. In a toy vehicle, a frame, a shaft supported by said frame and carrying a pair of wheels adapted to frictionally engage the surface over which the vehicle moves, a large driving gear on said shaft, a siren mounted on said frame an having a small driven gear associated therewith, an intermediate shaft carried by said frame,

a pair of gears carried by said intermediate shaft for connecting said large driving gear with said small driven gear whereby to operate the siren, and a handle device disposed at an angle to the supporting surface over which the vehicle is moved for pushing the vehicle and for increasing the frictional grip between the supporting surface and said wheels.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY. 

